MOBILE, Ala. -- A Texas man who served as a conduit between a Mexican drug cartel and the Houston man who supplied a large portion of the cocaine sold in Mobile over a three-year period has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison.

Carlos "Froggie" Armas of Three Rivers, Texas, admitted in August 2008 that he delivered more than 150 kilograms of cocaine to Daron Odell Jones.

Chief U.S. District Judge Ginny Granade this week handed down a sentence of seven years and three months, followed by 10 years on supervised release.

According to an affidavit filed by a Mobile police officer assigned to the FBI's Mobile Violent Crime Joint Task Force, Armas and his associates delivered 10 to 20 kilograms of cocaine to Jones' house almost every week for at least two years.

Jones pleaded guilty to cocaine conspiracy in May 2008 and agreed to surrender nearly $1 million in ill-gotten drug gains, a Houston mansion, jewelry and several luxury automobiles. Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Butler Jr. sentenced him to 13 years in prison.